Portland, OregonAugust 1962

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Summary

On August 12, 1962, at about 10:00 p.m., a civilian in Portland, Oregon, saw objects in the night sky. The witness said the sighting actually took place in San Jose, California. The objects were in sight for about 3 seconds.

The witness described gold-colored objects moving north to south in a V shape, like a flock of ducks, with about eight dots on each side. They moved overhead at an estimated 500 to 600 mph. The objects veered sharply at right angles and disappeared. There were no clouds and a full moon. No sound was reported.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The witness sent the report in January 1963, about five months after the sighting. The Air Force noted there was no real indication of distance and that the report was too old to investigate. The case was listed as an unreliable report.

Reported location

Portland, Oregon

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

OR / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Wos Balloon |

12 August 1952 a crn ik DO Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ah duinbol Stone

\ 0 Wos Aircraft
| Locel CE A EN & Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar a Probably Aircraft?

GMT 13/04007%7 OQ Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Rodor D Possibly Aircraht

5. PHOTOS 8. 30URCE 3 Was Astronomical

O Yes 00 Probably Astronomicol

| @ No Civilian 0 Possibly ly :

7. LENGTH OF O33ERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BX Othedlnreliabla Rot

0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
i 0 Unknown

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Objects in sight for 3 seconds moving Report submitted five months afte

North to South in "V" shape like flock sighting, No indication of distande
| of ducks. Gold colored about eitht dots| that the object moved, Only that

ona each side. No cbuds., Objects moving objects turned at right angles.

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| into wind, Full moon. No sound, Sighting During 3 second observation. wit-

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overhead (90 dgr). Velocity about 600- ness could estimate that eight dots
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| 600 mph. In west, moon in East. Veered | were visible on each wing. He
sharply at right angles & disappeared, could estimate the speed at 500-
Compared objects to Lubbock Lights, 600 mph & follow the objects throdeh
a 90 dgr turn, Report too old to
| envestigate, Case listed as
unreliable report.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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